Eric Johnson

Plasmidsaurus, SNPsaurus & University of Oregon

[Eric Johnson @eric_j_NGS]

@ATinyGreenCell @plasmidsaurus Are you growing your duckweed in a rubber container that this is eating?

[Eric Johnson @eric_j_NGS]

@pastramimachine I had an ear infection that left me a little clogged and the Odyssey (IMAX) cleared it right up with the subwoofer vibrations. I did wear earplugs. Knocking 35 decibels off was just about right.

[Eric Johnson @eric_j_NGS]

@vsbuffalo "Elucidating the cuteness landscape of charismatic megafauna"

[Eric Johnson @eric_j_NGS]

Very impressed with Claude Sonnet 5. With a short prompt it generated a full game in the Scratch programming language after thinking for 90 seconds. It even drew the iconic Scratch cat sprite!

[Eric Johnson @eric_j_NGS]

@OmicsOmicsBlog I didn't even know I needed it, but I want it.

[Eric Johnson @eric_j_NGS]

@DaniBeckman Write a blurb like "The contrast of the flat plane with the undulations above create a tension in the negative space that explores how physical processes shape the interaction between what is real and what we can imagine" and then put it in a museum!

[Eric Johnson @eric_j_NGS]

Feijoa are a favorite -- the "pineapple guava" fruit are distinct and ripen late in November/December, the flower petal taste is reminiscent of cotton candy, and the natural pollinators are rats!

[Eric Johnson @eric_j_NGS]

@kenbwork And if you can make limbs then you can also make really cool things like butterfly eyespots since they use a conserved pathway to create a gradient and act on it.

[Eric Johnson @eric_j_NGS]

It is Later Sunset Day for Eugene and others near our latitude. This simple animation explains why the sunsets get later before the winter Solstice.

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Four fractal levels of hexagons, two sides drawn for each hexagon, strong trail as the size and rotation at each level changes.

[Eric Johnson @eric_j_NGS]

In December, a young man's thoughts turn to drawing fractal polygon paths over time as the different levels change size and rotate.

[Eric Johnson @eric_j_NGS]

Life at different scales.

[Eric Johnson @eric_j_NGS]

The Oregon coast never disappoints.

[Eric Johnson @eric_j_NGS]

I was walking by the fancy cheese part of the grocery & the golden oldies music filtered into my brain--it was The Replacements, an 80s alternative band, playing "Can't Hardly Wait". https://t.co/sR3pLhzyLl
Having The 'Mats accompany my shopping is a bonus to getting older!

[Eric Johnson @eric_j_NGS]

@thisischristina My family also likes to combine birthdays and interesting biology, which is why my daughter gave me this beautiful sea cucumber with paper pullout Pearlfish birthday card.

[plasmidsaurus @plasmidsaurus]

We're heading to ASM next week!

Come find us at Booth 1241 to check out our new microbiome and bacterial genome sequencing services—and pick up some fun dino swag while you're there! 🦖🎁

[Eric Johnson @eric_j_NGS]

@ATinyGreenCell Colorful leeches instead?

[Eric Johnson @eric_j_NGS]

@OmicsOmicsBlog Is this graph showing that the flow cells shipped in 2024 have the higher % active pores and higher passed bases compared to those shipped in 2025?

[Eric Johnson @eric_j_NGS]

@Cas9Bandit @btnaughton @plasmidsaurus Hi Alex! You should check with us about that.